Dedicated to the preservation of dance and dance history 

A graduate of the National Academy of Arts, a high school for the performing arts that existed briefly in Champaign-Urbana, IL in the 1970s and 1980s, Linda researched and wrote about the Academy and her  fellow-alums, hosting a well-attended “Once & Future Reunion” in Champaign, IL in 2015 to connect alums and further discussion about the greater impact of the academy on the arts.

 

The Academy documents and other artifacts found a long-term repository at the Sousa Performing Arts Archive, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL found here 

More information for the National Academy of Arts can be found here

Past Academy members from the 1970's and 1980's can connect on Facebook. 

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